Japan Badges of everlasting friendship and unbreakable unions

[JapanX]

[JapanX]

You can easily detect country of origin by flag positioning

[JapanX]

This thread will be continued in a couple of days.

Cheers,

Nick

[Jareth]

very interesting thread Nick! Thanks

[JapanX]

Next stop - Manchu badges

[fukuoka]

Nick, I have always heard that the badges in posts #17 and #18 are fakes. Have you heard anything about that?

[JapanX]

Hi Rich,

seriously?

They claim that these pieces are phantasy pieces?

Or they claim that these are replicas of original badges?

Cheers,

Nick

[fukuoka]

Hmmm, a test of my faulty memory...

But I think the latter may be true. I know that I have had #18 in my hands (years ago) but people decried it as fake--perhaps it was not a fantasy piece but a replica. However, I must confess that I cannot remember. One thing I do recall is that my badge(s?) had no reverse inscription, so perhaps that reveals something.

[JapanX]

No reverse inscription on reverse of the badges from posts # 18 and #19?!

Hmmm...

As we see one is marked Alois Klammer Innsbruck and usually described as "Hitler Youth Leader Travel to Japan Badge"

Here comes another example

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[JapanX]

and another one

[JapanX]

Badge in post #18 marked with RZM mark + M 1/4 ...

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[JapanX]

Now this badge in post #17

Here is another example of such badge

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[JapanX]

[JapanX]

There are indeed dubious badges (or let`s call them more dubious badges ).

Here we have two examples of such badges.

Badge from 1944 (don`t you think that it was a little but to late for such games ... ) and it is marked on reverse.

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[JapanX]

Comparison 1942 vs. 1944

[JapanX]

[JapanX]

Another example of this 1944

Looks not very promising

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[JapanX]

and another one...

[JapanX]

And the most interesting one Rich.

1944 without reverse inscription

I know, I know ...

The photos are terrible

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[JapanX]

Another close up of badge commemorating the 1942 Tirol unity trip to Japan from Alois Klammer Innsbruck

Another one

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[JapanX]

Interesting that this 1939 badge has (at least it looks like it has) towo variation of enamel

Pure white

Yellow instead of white

[JapanX]

I bet that by now you are all a little bit tied of all these swastikas

A little intermezzo...

Just to cheer you up

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[JapanX]

Ok.

Back on track.

Time to get familiar with two japanese badges for german participants of 1938 and 1940 HJ visits.

1938 badge (there were only 30 participants!!!)

[JapanX]

It was issued in typical balsa box

Box cover

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Interior